Osika: Hire Top Young Talent Before They Become Founders
Anton Osika · Anton Osika, Co-Founder and CEO @ Lovable: Hitting 85% Day 30 Retention - Better than ChatGPT · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Mar 5, 2025 · at 3:47
Anton Osika is the co-founder and CEO of Lovable. He discusses why recruiting ambitious junior talent provides a unique advantage.
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“The best people that you can hire at a young age, they would go on and become founders, and then you can't hire them anymore, right? So, so that's why junior people are often quite good.”
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